I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSHe who would be free must strike the first blow.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWe have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSAt a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSPeople might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOnce you learn to read, you will be forever free.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFreedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSLiberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked on by what he works on.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSBe not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFind out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS